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Giants 6 @ Cubs 7
Wrigley Field
August 5, 1953

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants, played on August 5, 1953 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs beat the visiting Giants with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 5, 1953 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 7 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 7
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherWarren Hacker  
Losing PitcherDave Koslo  
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Game Winning RBITommy Brown 

Game Info

DateAugust 5, 1953 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Worthington  
Home Starting PitcherTurk Lown  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance15,594 
Time of Game3 hours 
UmpiresHP: Bill Jackowski
1B: Hal Dixon
2B: Al Barlick
3B: Artie Gore

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Monte Irvin  Left Fielder 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Daryl Spencer  Second Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Al Worthington  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frank Baumholtz  Right Fielder 
Tommy Brown  Shortstop 
Dee Fondy  First Baseman 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Randy Jackson  Third Baseman 
Eddie Miksis  Second Baseman 
Joe Garagiola  Catcher 
Hal Jeffcoat  Center Fielder 
Turk Lown  Pitcher 
Phil Cavarretta  Manager 

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Giants 6 @ Cubs 7
Wrigley Field
August 5, 1953

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/5/1953, game 2 -- New York at Chicago (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Lockman W, 1b         4  0  1  0   Baumholtz F, rf-cf    5  2  3  1   
Dark A, ss            4  1  1  2   Brown T, ss           5  0  1  1   
Thompson H, 3b        3  2  3  1   Fondy D, 1b           4  1  2  2   
Irvin M, lf           5  0  2  2   Kiner R, lf           4  1  2  2   
Mueller D, rf         5  0  1  0   Jackson R, 3b         4  0  0  0   
Thomson B, cf         4  0  0  0   Miksis E, 2b          5  0  1  0   
Spencer D, 2b         5  1  1  0   Garagiola J, c        3  0  1  0   
Westrum W, c          2  0  0  0   Ramazzotti B, pr      0  1  0  0   
Rhodes D, ph          1  0  0  0   McCullough C, c       1  0  0  0   
Noble R, c            1  1  1  1   Jeffcoat H, cf        3  0  1  0   
Williams D, pr        0  0  0  0   Metkovich G, ph-rf    2  1  1  0   
Calderone S, c        0  0  0  0   Lown T, p             3  0  1  0   
Worthington A, p      2  0  0  0   Church B, p           0  0  0  0   
Gilbert T, ph         1  0  0  0   Sawatski C, ph        1  0  0  1   
Gomez R, pr           0  1  0  0   Leonard D, p          0  0  0  0   
Wilhelm H, p          1  0  0  0   Hacker W, p           1  1  1  0   
Hofman B, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
Koslo D, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  6 10  6                        41  7 14  7

New York         100 001 211 0 --  6
Chicago          102 000 030 1 --  7
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Worthington A         6.0  6  3  3  5  1
Wilhelm H             3.0  5  3  3  0  1
Koslo D (L)           0.1  3  1  1  0  0

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lown T                6.1  7  4  3  3  2
Church B              1.2  1  1  1  1  2
Leonard D             0.1  1  1  1  1  0
Hacker W (W)          1.2  1  0  0  1  1

E -- Brown T
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- New York 9, Chicago 12
2B -- Baumholtz F, Thompson H, Metkovich G
HR -- Thompson H, Kiner R, Noble R
SB -- Dark A
HBP -- by Wilhelm H (Brown T)
WP -- Worthington A, Lown T
PB -- Noble R
T -- 3:00
A -- 15594

    

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